AZ CHINA 5th BIENNIAL CONFERENCE

“BRAVE NEW WORLD”

In today’s tough market conditions, the companies who survive and thrive are the ones who adapt to the situation, change the way they think, and adopt new strategies. Follow the phoenix and rise to the brave new world.

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Take the leadership of the trading team for Green Petcoke and Calcined

Petcoke, bring Sinoway as the top trading company in China for Petcoke

related business.

EDUCATION

MASTER DEGREE

Renmin University

Major in Business and Economic

BACHELOR DEGREE

Shaanxi Technology University

Major in Mechnical

Kyle Bromilow joined R&D Carbon in April 2016 as Technical Services Manager. Prior to this he worked for Bawtry International Carbon in a range of technical management, sales and R&D roles. He has extensive experience in the production and use of the cathodes and ramming pastes used in Aluminum production. In his role with R&D Carbon Kyle provides support and carbon testing services with specific emphasis on the production and performance of cathodes and ramming paste, including cathode autopsies and ramming audits. Kyle has a Masters of Science degree in Chemistry from the University of Sheffield and is an active member of TMS

Mr. Yin has been engaged in the research and development of alumina production process as well as the industrialization of new technology. He is focusing on the new technology, research and development work on diasporic bauxite and alumina production.

Other titles:
 Graduate Tutor of Zhengzhou University
 The General Secretary of the Alumina Committee in China Light Metals Metallurgical Academic Committee
 Member of the International Committee for Study of Bauxite, Alumina & Aluminum

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Mr. Tang worked for Chalco Guizhou Branch from 1999 to 2011.
Mr. Tang is the head of Shandong Nanshan Aluminum Third and Fourth factories, General manager assistant and chief engineer since 2011.
Mr. Tang is major in metallurgical engineering and he is working in aluminium production process, quality, technology research and development field, Mr. Tang pays great attention to the aluminum industry market analysis and judgment.

Ivy Zhao, was born in 1984, joined Weifang Lianxing in 2008 in export

department.

Marketing Head, looking after Asia Market since 2013

Director, Lianxing International Co.,Ltd, Responsible for the marketing

and global raw material purchase since 2016

Lingling Wei is an award-winning journalist with The Wall Street Journal’s China bureau. She focuses on China’s central bank and other economic policy makers, some of the country’s — and the world’s — largest commercial banks and deepest pools of capital. A graduate of New York University, she has also covered U.S. real estate and finance.

Scott McLean is BP’s Director of Coke Products North America with 28 years of experience in the oil and carbon industries. His has spent the past ten years on the leadership team of BP’s North American coke business located in Huntington Beach, California. He is a graduate from the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business. Scott leads BP’s vision to deliver value that is aligned with customer needs both now and into the future.

BP markets over 1.5 million tons of calcined coke produced primarily from its refineries in Europe and North America as well as over 2 million tons of green coke with full technical service to assist customers maximize value from BP offers.

Christopher Balding is an associate professor finance and economics holding tenure with Chinese

characteristics at the HSBC Business School of Peking University Graduate School. A recognized expert

in the Chinese economy sovereign wealth funds, he has written a book entitled Sovereign Wealth Funds:

The New Intersection of Money and Power published by Oxford University Press. He is a columnist for

BloombergViews as well as a regular contributor to the Financial Times. His work has been cited by a

variety of global media outlets including the CNBC, Wall Street Journal, and the BBC where he speaks

regularly on the Chinese economy and financial markets. His scholarly work has been published in such

leading journals as the Review of International Economics, the International Finance Review, and the

Journal of Public Economic Theory on such diverse topics as CDS pricing, the WTO, and the economics of

adoption and abortion. Prior to entering academia, Prof. Balding worked in private equity focusing on

turnaround and special situations across industries including mining, high technology, water and waste

Holds a degree in Business from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Emeritus Professor Barry Welch’s more than half a century of involvement with the aluminium smelting and extractive metallurgy industries, has been a continuous blend of academic research and industrial involvement.

The Light Metals division of TMS have recognised his distinguished contributions through awarding him both its Distinguished Service and Technical Service awards. He is the most cited author in its recent “Essential reading for the aluminium industry” series and the recipient more “Best paper” awards than any other contributor or company. Recently TMS-AIME awarded him the James Douglas Gold medal for extractive metallurgy and mineral processing, while he was also elected both a Fellow and honorary member of TMS one of the very few people outside North America are to be elected.. Internationally his contributions have been recognised by being elected an Honorary Academician of the CIS, an Honorary member of the Norwegian Academy of Technical Sciences, and an honorary Professor at North East University Shenyang PRC. His involvement with the Chinese smelting industry dating back more than 30 years.- Throughout his career he has simultaneously served as a consultant to aluminium smelting companies on performance enhancement and improved materials and technology, including involvement with development of all the DX series

Stu has been in the coal, metcoke and petcoke business for more than 35 years. He is a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), the oldest engineering school in the United States. The company he started, Pacific Basin Coal and Carbon, was purchased by Bill Koch in 1984 and became the core business around which Oxbow Carbon and Minerals was formed. He has worked for Kennecott Copper, California Portland Cement, SSM, Occidental Petroleum and Koch and has worked in China, Singapore and Holland. He is currently the Director of Cascade Resource and Consulting’s industrial carbon and consulting business located in Anacortes, Washington. Stu has degrees in both Geology and Civil Engineering and a Master’s in Mineral Economics from Arizona School of Mines. He is an avid boater, private pilot and scuba diver. Both he and his wife Judy enjoy life in the Pacific Northwest but are also avid adventure travelers having journeyed to Antarctica, the Amazon, Greenland, Africa, Indochina and India. Stu’s latest challenge is learning how to catch a 20 pound steelhead on a 12 lb test line!

Anne Stevenson-Yang co-founded J Capital Research in late 2007 to provide independent, bottom-up research on China’s listed companies and macroeconomy. Her areas of expertise include China’s political economy, Internet, property, and direct-sales, and alternative energy. She also covers global companies in fast-developing industries such as online payments, new energy sources, and automotive technologies

Anne was formerly co-founder of a group of online media businesses called Blue Bamboo Ventures and also founded and operated a CRM software company, Clarity Data Systems, and a publishing company whose flagship magazine is City Weekend. Over 25 years in China, Anne has also worked as an industry analyst and trade advocate. Anne is author of the 2013 book China Alone: China’s Emergence and Potential Return to Isolation, written while she served a guest lecturer at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.

Ron Knapp was appointed Secretary General of the International Aluminium Institute, London in December 2008.

Prior to this, Ron was Executive Director of the Australian Aluminium Council from 2002 to 2008 – and earlier roles include the World Coal Institute (London) and the Minerals Council of Australia.

The International Aluminium Institute is the global forum of the world’s aluminium industry. Through the Institute, the aluminium industry aims to promote a wider understanding of its value and that of its products to society – and seeks to demonstrate its responsibility in relation to all key sustainability issues . . . environmental, health, safety and recycling.

Mr. Gerard Sweeney is President of Rain Carbon Inc. and has 30 years experience with leaders in the industrial carbon industry. Over the last 15 years, Mr. Sweeney has been instrumental in the global expansion of CPC production throughout Asia, especially in China, India, and Kuwait. Mr. Sweeney sits on the board of Rain Commodities (USA) Inc., Rain Carbon Inc., Rain CII Carbon LLC, Rain Global Services Inc., Rütgers N.V., Ruetgers Polymers Ltd., and Ruetgers Canada Inc. He also serves on the boards of several local charities and non-profit organizations. Mr. Sweeney aspires to build the world’s most Resourceful, Reliable, and Responsible industrial organization. He leads Rain Carbon Inc. with the belief that leadership means more than being recognized for industry accomplishments and rankings; it means stepping forward and doing the right things for customers, suppliers, employees, the environment, and the communities in which we live and work. Mr. Sweeney resides in Stamford, Connecticut.

Panel discussion on the aluminium market and the outlook for prices

Green Coke

Panel Discussion on petcoke demand and supply, and outlook

Morning Break

Calcined Coke

Panel discussion on calcined petroleum coke industry and market

12:00 AM

Lunch

12:30 - 2:00 PM

Anodes

2:00 PM

Panel discussion

3:00 PM

Other raw materials

3:30 PM

Panel discussion

4:30 PM

Close of conference

5:00 PM

WHAT TO EXPECT

AZ China

AZ China is proud to announce its 5th biennial conference. Covering the world of aluminium and the carbon raw materials, once again we will bring you the latest trends, the most learned opinions and the best thinking.

Conference fee

In 2016, our conference fee has been slashed. If you register before May 31, you will pay only $1000 – less if you are a subscriber to one of our reports. Go to the Registration Page to see more information about the cost.

Tough times

We recognize that in today’s market it is bordering on rude for conference organizers to charge up to $2500 to attend. Companies are struggling to make a profit, and managers are having their budgets cut. So we want to do our bit to help you keep up to date and to keep in touch with the industry.

Shanghai

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